About Smiling Toad Productions

Making memories last in high definition

Smiling Toad Productions is a wedding videography company in Chicago, Illinois. Owner John Severson wants to use his filmmaking experience and love for culture to help capture the special moments of your wedding beyond what pictures can capture. Through cinematic, short form, documentary and storytelling techniques, he wants to show the uniqueness of you and your wedding. Smiling Toad Productions can capture every moment of your wedding from the rehearsal dinner all the way to the end of your reception.

Services Offered
Smiling Toad Productions offers competitive pricing for all of their services. The list of services available includes:

With a last minute decision to add a videographer to our list of vendors, we felt lucky that Smiling Toad was available. Two videographers apparently showed up on time and stayed the entire day, although I barely recall seeing them as the day unfolded. But they saw us! They caught moments big and small, and created a beautifully edited video of our daughter's wedding! They were easy to work with and had the video ready within one month. I know that video will transport us all back to a special day in way that photos alone cannot. I highly recommend......just don't wait until the last minute to book them.

Thanks Janice and so glad we were able to be a part of your daughter's special day, all the best!

Janice,
9/6/15,
1 Review

Category:Videography

5.0

We used Smiling Toad, because I had seen one of their wedding trailers for a Facebook friend's wedding and loved it. John was very responsive, and the videographers who came out on the day were great, showed up on time, and were so unintrusive that I hardly knew they were there. I was actually nervous that they didn't speak up enough and didn't get what they needed, but it worked out! We got our videos about two months after our wedding (and MONTHS earlier than we expected!) and I love them so, so much. We also got a full-length video of the day, and I was shocked to notice that when, for example, they filmed our bridal party introductions, they didn't just record the video and audio and slap it online for us. They remembered which song we picked and edited it in to the film, so that the sound quality is excellent. And without me asking or mentioning, they figured out who was really important to have in the film, like my 94-year-old grandma. Just amazing attention to detail. And while I expected them to pick out the best parts of the toasts, they even picked out wonderful quotes from the homily (my uncle is the priest, although I'm not sure I told them that!) and included them, too.

Thanks for your review Maureen, fabulous working with you and your family. All the best!

Maureen,
10/14/17,
1 Review

Category:Videography

5.0

We received our short film and a full 97 minute edit of our night. Smiling Toad did a wonderful job and they were super subtle--- they videography team was never in the way but managed to capture everything and were so professional. We also changed our mind about the length of our videos after the wedding and the Smiling Toad team accommodated us for a wonderful result! Can't recommend them highly enough.

John and his crew at Smiling Toad are reliable, creative, and go the extra mile to please their customers. My clients have raved about their videos from Smiling Toad. They are truly able to capture the emotion of wedding day. I always look forward to working with them.

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Smiling Toad Productions is a wedding Videographer from Chicago, IL. We service weddings throughout the local area, including Chicago, Petoskey, and Oak Park. Smiling Toad Productions is a professional wedding Videographer that has been part of the Chicago wedding industry for 8 years. We specialize in Cinematic Documentary Wedding Films.